Voluntary Organisations

Alive ‘N’ Kicking
Alive ‘N’ Kicking is a highly successful children’s lifestyle weight management service that helps overweight children and young people and their families to reach and maintain a healthier weight.

Age UK
Age UK offers a wide variety of help and advice including benefit checks (in your home) and assistance with benefit applications.
For residents in the Bristol click on Age UK Bristol and for South Gloucestershire residents click on Age UK South Gloucestershire.

BAVA (Bristol against Violence & Abuse)
This website provides information about different types of violence and abuse and support services can help. There is also information on how to help others and how to raise awareness of violence and abuse.

Carers Support CentreCarers Support Centre is a charity which provides support, information and advice to carers of any age living in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas.

The Care Forum
The Care Forum is an independent voluntary and community sector infrastructure organisation. We work primarily across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Somerset and Swindon. We can also work across the South West region.

The Good Grief Trust
The Good Grief Trust if run by the bereaved for the bereaved. It’s a source of useful information, advice and encouraging stories from others to help you in this most difficult of times and to make the future that bit brighter.

Womankind
Womankind provides women in the Bristol area with free or affordable professional counselling, psychotherapy and on-going support.